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8 Letter Words for Umbrella
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Definitions for Umbrella
[1] a light, small, portable, usually circular cover for protection from rain or sun, consisting of a fabric held on a collapsible frame of thin ribs radiating from the top of a carrying stick or handle.
[2] the saucer- or bowl-shaped, gelatinous body of a jellyfish; bell.
[3] something that covers or protects from above, as military aircraft safeguarding surface forces: an air umbrella.
[4] any general kind of protection: a price umbrella.
[5] something, as an organization or policy, that covers or encompasses a number of groups or elements.
[6] shaped like or intended to perform the function of an umbrella.
[7] having the quality or function of covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items, elements, or groups: an umbrella organization; umbrella coverage in an insurance policy.
[8] a portable device used for protection against rain, snow, etc, and consisting of a light canopy supported on a collapsible metal frame mounted on a central rod
[9] the flattened cone-shaped contractile body of a jellyfish or other medusa
[10] a protective shield or screen, esp of aircraft or gunfire
[11] anything that has the effect of a protective screen or cover
[12] any system or agency that provides centralized organization or general cover for a group of related companies, organizations, etc dance umbrella (as modifier ) an umbrella fund ; umbrella group
Words related to Umbrella
shade, canopy, sunshade, brolly, gamp, shelter, screen, guard, parasol, bumbershoot, protect
Words nearby Umbrella
umbonal, umbonate, umbra, umbrage, umbrageous, umbrella, umbrella bird, umbrella leaf, umbrella palm, umbrella pine, umbrella plant
Origin of Umbrella
1600–10; 1965–70 for def 7 ; < Italian ombrella, earlier variant of ombrello < Late Latin umbrella, alteration (with influence of Latin umbra shade) of Latin umbella sunshade. See umbel
Other words from Umbrella
um·brel·la·less , adjective
um·brel·la·like , adjective
Word origin for Umbrella
C17: from Italian ombrella, diminutive of ombra shade; see umbra
Synonyms for Umbrella
brolly, canopy, gamp, sunshade, bumbershoot, parapluie